Center for Personalized Diagnostics

Dr. Roth, director of Penn's CPD explains how genetic screening can help cancer patients and their doctors better understand how their individual cancer functions, and then find the best treatment options available.

The CPD aims to uncover genetic mutations within a patient's own cancer that can allow for a more targeted and personalized "precision" treatment strategy.

By integrating Molecular Genetics, Pathology Informatics, and Genomic Pathology for precision-medicine diagnoses, the CPD can help physicians provide an appropriate and individualized treatment plan for their patients.

Precision genomic diagnostics can identify patients who might benefit from current, often cutting-edge therapies, while sparing those who do not have a particular genetic signature from the costs and side effects of certain treatments.

Most importantly perhaps, precision medicine can significantly reduce the time conventional diagnostic approaches require, allowing patients and their loved ones to make informed decisions – when time matters most.

For Patients and Caregivers

Each cancer responds differently to treatment. Knowing the makeup of your cancer can help determine a better and more exact treatment.

Learn how researchers at the CPD are working to understand how best to treat your cancer at a genetic level.

Learn how to talk to your doctor about precision medicine and genomic testing.

For Physicians and Researchers

The Center for Personalized Diagnostics offers physicians the highest volume of genome testing in the region, with more than 4,000 clinical and research samples to date. More research means stronger, actionable results for your patients.

Genomic sequencing reports provided by the CPD are specifically geared toward actionable knowledge for clinicians. The reports focus on normal or abnormal gene information and provide interpretation, comments, and references for disease-associated mutations or variants of uncertain significance.

Dr. Roth, Director of Penn's Center for Personalized Diagnostics explains how genetic screening can help cancer patients and their doctors better understand how their individual cancer functions, and then find the best treatment options available.